connection to local folk forms, while following in the footsteps of his Tropicália forefathers to fold in influences from across the musical landscape. While Sessa’s previous albums haven’t been exactly sparse, they…
Aussie faves Screensaver let loose a third single from their upcoming album, Three Lens Approach. Boiled in a bath of synth-pop and post-punk, “Telepathic Apathy” tenses and twists through rhythm, propelled by…
I’ve done a few of these this year, a 15-year look back at albums that definitely didn’t get their due. With the clock turning a decade and a half on this one…
Another braid in the Massachusetts indie belt draws tight with the new record from Strange Passage. The band adds some darker shading to the Meritorio stable, still committed to the label’s litany…
A notice to East Coast heads looking for one last solid fest before the holidays fully take hold and the end of the year slides away. Site friends at Record Crates United…
Hungarian collective Psychedelic Source Records has long been kicking out the psych-swathed jams. The label breathes live improv, forming and reforming around tessellating lineups within their membership. In some regard the records…
Always a highlight on the Aussie scene, Sachet digs into the frayed ends of the ‘90s, letting things smolder a little bit brighter on their new EP, Taipei Learner. The new EP…
A late addition to the video roster from Monnone Alone gives good reason to dip back into their recent album, Here Comes The Afternoon. Midpoint melter, “St Mary’s Pass,” jangles easy, stuck…
A perfect companion piece to the recently released Silver Synthetic album from earlier in the year, this solo stint from the band’s Chris Lyons retains the Synthetics’ incomparable calm but scales back…
While the latter works of Popol Vuh can often overshadow their early entries, added to an intriguing run of soundtracks for Werner Herzog, the group’s beginnings offer just as much intrigue and…
One look around 2025 and the strummed strains of sunshine pop don’t immediately come to mind. Yet, as much as they call for confrontation, dark times call for the occasional escape too.…
Another smeared and stained sonic shiv out of Oakland’s Shoegaze scene this week as past faves Blue Zero return with a new EP ahead of an upcoming EU/UK tour. The title track…
There’s something both disarming and delightful about Tasmanian band 208L Containers’ new single, “Secret Servers.” Slicing low over post-punk, but not without a kind of discordant funk, the cut cribs from both…
This weekend brought a surprise tape from RSTB favorites Jantar. The Brooklyn psych outfit have bubbled under the radar, fusing a nocturnal concoction of psychedelics that leans into languid end of the…
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